Alabama § 43-2-22 - Disqualification of Certain Persons to Serve as Executor or Administrator.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 43-2-22 — Disqualification of Certain Persons to Serve as Executor or Administrator., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 43-2-22. Disqualification of Certain Persons to Serve as Executor or Administrator.
(a) No person must be deemed a fit person to serve as executor who is under the age of 19 years, or who has been convicted of an infamous crime, or who, from intemperance, improvidence, or want of understanding, is incompetent to discharge the duties of the trust. Nor shall any nonresident of the state be appointed as administrator unless he or she is at the time executor or administrator of the same estate in some other state or territory or jurisdiction, duly qualified under the laws of that jurisdiction.
(b) If the person named in the will as sole executor is or if all the persons named therein as executors are, from any of the causes enumerated in subsection (a), unfit to serve as executor or executors, letters of administration, with the will annexed, may be granted on the testator’s estate, under the provisions of Section 43-2-27.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 43-2-22 ("Disqualification of Certain Persons to Serve as Executor or Administrator.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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